Technical design

In creating the value-added product in not distant future, it is necessary and inevitable to establish a holistic and though-evoking approach to the engineering problem, which should be at least associated with the inter-disciplinary knowledge and thought processes across the whole engineering spheres.

This book focuses on systems engineering, systems thinking, and how that thinking can be learned in practice.

Through a series of step-by-step tutorials and numerous hands-on exercises, this book aims to equip the reader with both a good understanding of the importance of space in the abstract world of engineers and the ability to create a model of a product in virtual space - a skill essential for any designer or engineer who needs to present ideas concerning a particular product within a professional environment.

Geological models used in predictive hydrogeological modeling are not exact replicas of the objects they represent: many details related to structures and properties of the objects remain unknown.

This volume presents controlling tools for management in order to be in a position to communicate with control engineers concerning technological decisions.

The term "e;design"e; today encompasses attributes of artifacts that go beyond their intended functions, imbuing them with new meanings.

This book contains all refereed papers that were accepted to the fourth edition of the Complex Systems Design & Management (CSD&M 2013) international conference which took place in Paris (France) from December 4-6, 2013.

Natural Convective Heat Transfer from Short Inclined Cylinders examines a heat transfer situation of significant, practical importance not adequately dealt with in existing textbooks or in any widely available review papers.

This book offers a well-structured, critical review of current design practice for tensioned membrane structures, including a detailed analysis of the experimental data required and critical issues relating to the lack of a set of design codes and testing procedures.

This book covers the fundamental requirements for air, soil and water pollution control in oil and gas refineries, chemical plants, oil terminals, petrochemical plants, and related facilities.

During the past two decades incredible progress has been achieved in the instruments and devices used in the biomedical field.

This book highlights and explains the significance of philosophical, logical, and scientific principles for engineering education/training and engineering works.

This book provides senior undergraduate students, master students and structural engineers who do not have a background in the field with core knowledge of structural earthquake engineering that will be invaluable in their professional lives.

This book is concerned with two intimately related topics of metaphysics: the identity of entities and the foundations of classification.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of stress and strain analysis of circular cylinders and pressure vessels, one of the classic topics of machine design theory and methodology.

This book presents a wealth of insights and new conceptualizations for the development of Assistive Technologies for the Interaction of the Elderly.

This book contains papers on a wide range of topics in the area of kinematics, mechanisms, robotics, and design, addressing new research advances and innovations in design education.

Early applications of Navier's beam theory to the rational design of structures are documented in the Annales of the French Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees and refer to the design of three wooden bridges built in France in the 1840's.

Many important industrial applications incline toward better understanding of the constitutive properties of matter.

Multibody systems are used extensively in the investigation of mechanical systems including structural and non-structural applications.

Non destructive testing aimed at monitoring, structural identification and di- nostics is of strategic importance in many branches of civil and mechanical - gineering.

Nowadays, micromechanics (i.

The study of structural instability plays a role of primary importance in the field of applied mechanics.

The aim of this book is to review recent research and technical advances, including the progress in design codes, related to the engineering applications of light gauge metal sections made in carbon, high strength and stainless steel, as well as aluminium alloys.

The mechanical engineering curriculum in most universities includes at least one elective course on the subject of reciprocating piston engines.

This book presents selected, peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Sustainable Development 2021 (AMAS2021), held in the city of Ha Long, Vietnam, from November 4 to 7, 2021.

This book presents the proceedings of the first International Upcycling Symposium 2020, held on 4th September 2020 at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK (online), as a joint effort between DMU, Lund University, Nottingham Trent University and Newcastle University.

How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.

For all of the tremendous advances in medicine and treatment the world has seen in the modern era, the human body's ability to heal itself remains a (literally) vital and often overlooked facet of healthcare.

This book gives a step-by-step introduction to designing and building your own robots.

This brief textbook underpins the concept of eco-efficiency in product design and systematically addresses the essence of the integration of simplified life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and tools into industrial design.

Design is a conceptive activity which is usually presented as a sensible, sequential process and action.

The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics.

This book presents a domain of extreme industrial and scientific interest: the study of smart systems and structures.

This book reveals the French scientific contribution to the mathematical theory of nonlinear oscillations and its development.

The "e;active image"e; refers to the operative nature of images, thus capturing the vast array of "e;actions"e; that images perform.

Recent developments in model-predictive control promise remarkable opportunities for designing multi-input, multi-output control systems and improving the control of single-input, single-output systems.

This book details the design and technology of the on-line electric vehicle (OLEV) system and its enabling wireless power-transfer technology, the "e;shaped magnetic field in resonance"e; (SMFIR).

This book addresses key design and computational issues related to radiators in hydronic heating installations.

This textbook presents the core of recent advances in design theory and its implications for design methods and design organization.

This book offers a timely snapshot of innovative research and developments at the interface between manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering, and quality assurance.

This book introduces readers to the core principles and methodologies of product development, and highlights the interactions between engineering design and industrial design.

This book offers a timely yet comprehensive snapshot of innovative research and developments at the interface between manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering, and quality assurance.

This illuminating text/reference presents a review of the key aspects of the modeling and simulation (M&S) life cycle, and examines the challenges of M&S in different application areas.

This book contains thirty-five selected papers presented at the International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems (EUROGEN 2017).

This book explores, in a systematic way, both conventional and unconventional material shaping processes with various modes of hybridization in relation to theory, modelling and industrial potential.